The Backbeat Compilation Contest had over 150 entries representing some of the best artists in all genres of music including Rock, Pop, Alternative, Country and other genres.
The selection process was done by fans voting through the iMuzic.com website with the final selection through a panel of judges including Phil Peretz, President/founder of Indie Artists Alliance and CDDVD Now, Julie D, editor of Create411.com, Ryan Williams, member of S.F. Bay Area Bands 4 Bands and Lead Guitarist for Devil’s Walk, Bay Area local musician, Geof Lintao, Indie Artists Alliance staff , Cathy Roy, Cayla Molina, and Gabe Peretz.
The winning artists and songs are:
1st Place: Bloodties: Anything to
Feel Alive
2nd Place: Moment Theory: Calling Shotgun
3rd Place: Mozely Rose: Funk Off
Featured Artists:
Bloodties: Cruisin'
Katet: Addicted to Sin
Shannon Johnson: Boys will be Boys
Hallway Heavies: For Your Love
Brian Courtright: Get Away Isle
Niraj Swami: Goodbye Jazz
Kerry Hill: I'm Only
Wayne Bonnet/Equinox Shadow: Interior Temple and Temple of the
Warriors
Buddy Traina: She's Got No Regards (for little things)
Speedgirl: Scream [slash] faster
To read more about these artists and to listen to these tracks, go to http://www.indieartistsalliance.com/backbeat.htm
or http://www.imuzic.com/backbeat
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Bloodties
Anything to Feel Alive (1st Place Winner)
Cruisin’
Bloodties was formed in 2001 by the
three core members: Micheal Overton, Anthony Brinoni & Marlon
Cordeta. The meaning of the band name represents a rich family
influence and the strong bonds that hold the band together. The band
member's cultural tapestry and similar musical interest has produced
an eclectic musical experience of Rock, Rhythm and blues.
Instrumentation Micheal Overton:lead vocal & lead guitar Marlon
Cordeta: rhythm & back-up vocals Anthony Brinoni: Drums Cory Gurnett:
bass & back-up vocals
http://www.bloodtiesmusic.com/
Calling Shotgun (2nd Place Winner)
Shortly
after forming in White Plains New York, in the winter of 2005,
Moment Theory has quickly gained recognition and is rapidly
establishing a fan base on the East Coast. By playing venues
throughout the tri-state area like The Chance theatre, Arlene's
Grocery, The Lion's Den, Mercury Lounge and The Continental, the
band has attracted attention from various independent record labels.
Their self-titled EP recorded at Prime Time Studios in New York, has
worldwide distribution through CD Baby and can be found for digital
download through Apple itunes, MusicIsHere Digstation and Audio
LunchBox.
Moment Theory is:
Joe Salvatore – lead vocals/guitar
Bobby Bello – bass/vocals
Mike Bambace - drums
Mozely Rose
Funk Off (3rd Place Winner)
From
Richmond, Virginia, Mozely Rose has been rockin' large audiences for
more than six years. The band's music is a product of its country
and blues, funk, and especially rock-and-roll influences.
After parting ways in a mutual agreement from their former record label, Mozely Rose has set out to take full control of their own future. Successfully creating a buzz in Richmond through affiliations like Southside Speedway, Mozely Rose has airplay from Mainline Broadcasting and local Indie Radio stations.
Instrumentation
Alan Crist: Guitar
and Vocals
Matt Nicholls: Guitar and Vocals
Seth Penick: Percussion
Addicted to Sin
Katet
is comprised of four musicians with extraordinary chemistry who
bring together a variety of influences. As a unit, this band offers
tight grooves, strong riffs, and compelling lyrics. We are finishing
up our debut album and it will be out very soon..Stay tuned!! Instrumentation
Keith Gaillard - Vocals
Mike Mavrakos - Guitar/Backing Vocals/Synth
Jay Pike - Bass
Drew Glazier – Drums
http://www.myspace.com/katettheband
Shannon JohnsonBoys will be Boys
Growing up in a small town near Muscle Shoals, Alabama, which is rich with songwriters and music business professionals, Alan Hill and I (Shannon Johnson) were exposed to their many talents and writing styles. Also, we especially were influenced by the writing styles of Don Henley and Glenn Frey of the Eagles. We began getting together in high school and writing songs and jotting down ideas. We continued after high school and met regularly at a local restaurant after hours to write and listen to other buddies sing and play and toss around ideas. We also became friends with some of the professional songwriters in the area. By hanging around these guys, we learned more about the music business than you could ever read in a book. Their advice was invaluable, and we are very appreciative for all their help. It brought to reality how great it would be to write a hit song. We were about 17 years old then and now we’re in our early 40’s. That gives you an idea of how long we have been at this. They say that time heals all wounds, but they never said that time could be a wound itself. We look forward to the future and hope that all this hard work will pay off.
Hallway Heavies
For Your Love
Hailing
from the central part of Iowa, the core of Hallway Heavies has
performed and recorded throughout the United States since the early
90s. Blending an eclectic mixture of funk, improv, rock, R & B,
blues, and jazz, Hallway Heavies delivers a distinct live show that
transcends beyond a typical listener's expectations. Never is a song
performed exactly the same way twice, leaving audience members
anxious to return. All styles of cover tunes can be found on a
typical set list and nothing is off limits with this ensemble.
Hallway Heavies is collectively influenced by a wide variety of
artists from all genres of music which contributes to a sound
reminiscent of artists such as Steeley Dan, Tower of Power, Stevie
Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Grateful Dead, Phish, The Allman Brothers,
Mint Condition, and more.
Hallway Heavies constantly strives to expand the boundaries and limitations of their capabilities in an effort to discover and explore that which is not there.
Instrumentation
Matt Hartleip - Guitar
LaMonte Williams - Lead Vocals
Justin Appel - Keyboards
Te' Ware - Drums/Background Vocals
Brandon Mills - Bass
Get Away Isle
Brian
was that kid who started out on mom's pots and pans in the kitchen
while listening to the radio. "Hearing music as a child excited me
to no end. I felt I was already a part of the music and knew it was
going to be my life." Born and raised in Sacramento, California
Brian got his musical experience from playing drums with every kind
of band possible. School marching band, jazz band, swing choir, his
buddy's house playing Chuck Berry & Yardbirds songs, at that house
where the hippies jam, in the garage around the corner playing Led
Zeppelin & The Who. At 18 he joined the U.S. Air Force and became a
special vehicle mechanic working on flight line firetrucks & crash
equipment. While stationed at Kedena AFB in Okinawa, Japan, Brian
suffered a traumatic amputation to his right hand while working on
emergency equipment. He was medicaly discharged with full honors and
a 60% disability. Brian went back to playing drums, having to learn
a new approach now missing all the fingers on his right hand. "It
made me really focus on my left hand and opened up the door to many
unique percussion ideas." Brian began writing songs when a buddy
who had brought this monstrous all-in-one recording device called
the Tascam SX1 to his home because his friend could not figure out
how to use it. "The instruction book looked like a fat dictionary!"
After figuring out how to lay some basic tracks, Brian started
flirting around with recording drum beats and ideas he had created
over the years. "I had this one drum pattern that just made me want
to get up and dance. So I plunked out a simple bass line on my
keyboard and strumed an old acoustic nylon string guitar. The words
seemed to write themselves as I listened to the music and, man, I
was hooked! Writing songs opened up a new creative outlet. My goal
is to get my music noticed by a label, artist or publisher looking
for material."http://www.myspace.com/briancourtright
Niraj
Swami
Goodbye Jazz
Niraj Swami
Instrumentation
Keyboard, Piano, Flute, Drums, Tabla, Guitars
Kerry Hill
I'm Only
A
versatile singer/songwriter who can just as easily perform rock to
blues standards, Jazz to musical theatre showstoppers...Many years
dancing and acting experience have enabled Kerry not to just sing a
song however own each piece as if it were her own, from the heart
with passion and feeling (just as the writer intended)
Kerry's love for performing and music started way back from her early childhood.. Born and growing up in a town north of Melbourne, Australia... her mother had her treading the dance floor & stage in tap and ballet shoes from the age of 3...Kerry performed in many theatrical stage shows, concerts and won countless eisteddfords & competitions around Australia including numourous television appearances.
As a young girl in the mid 1980's, Kerry lived next door to a very famous Australian rock icon, in this time Kerry was introduced to many prominent 'rock stars' that Kerry idolised ie: INXS, Paul Kelly, Divinyls, Jenny Morris etc..Kerry was hooked! She knew her heart was in songwriting and spent many an hour studying her idols and performing in front of the mirror!
Whilst studying music and the arts at College, Kerry performed in many cover bands and was able to showcase her original material to a vast audience always with enthusiastic response....Could she be onto something here?
One of Kerry's main passions in life has been to pick up a pen, paper and her trusty guitar and get out of her head and onto paper as many lyrics, thoughts, emotions, melodies as she can and turn it into an amazing original composition...most often based on events and experiences around her.
Interior Temple
Temple of the Warriors
Wayne
Bonnett is an electronic musician, sound designer, producer, and
sound engineer who specializes in electronic music.
He is the sole member and mastermind behind the band Equinox Shadow.
Wayne started performing in the mid
to late 80's in front of friends and family. After graduating high
school in 1989, Wayne's focus shifted away
from music, and started chasing the "American dream".
A tragic turn of events led Wayne back into music production. When Wayne's grandmother passed away in 2006, and he turned to the music he loved to create to help deal with her passing.
Some of Wayne's musical influences are Tangerine Dream, Juno Reactor, Jean Michel Jarre, DRAX, E.V.O.K, Trance Control, Atlas Plug, Enya, Enigma, Moby, Tori Amos, and Depeche Mode.
Wayne enjoys playing easy listening
piano and synthesized ambient "space" music. However, he prefers to
compose and produce fast paced trance and techno music.
www.equinoxshadow.com
She's Got No Regards (for little things)
Buddy
Traina is a singer/ songwriter, performer/ recording artist
celebrating 40 years in the music industry. Formerly of Laurie
Records, he is currently on the Bone Records label, working as a
solo artist in Cold Spring, NY. Buddy has fronted bands such as:
Beau Beats, Fagan, and the critically acclaimed Buddy Traina Band.
He has also played with the Shirelles, The Happenings, and Dion &
The Belmonts. In 1976 he had a single with Laurie Records that
received airplay around the country, His current CD "Tumultuous Sky"
has Buddy playing all instruments and singing songs he wrote and
recorded. This album was mixed by the legendary Joe Johnson at Red
Wally Music.
Instrumentation Buddy Traina, -vocalist, guitar, piano, flute Joe Johnson, guitar, vocals Frank Coda Sr. -bass, vocals Frank Coda Jr.- Stand-up bass, bass, perrcussion, vocals John Cacciato- drums, percussion Mike Larocco- drums, percussion
Scream [slash] faster
Who
said girls can't drive ?
SpeedGirl is achieving fast and furious success with her music! high octane break beats power unforgettable vocal hooks, screaming guitars infuse the sound with gallons of attitude. The Crystal Method and The Chemical Brothers would be proud .
Hear the first single "Speed Up" in the new feature racing movie "Redline", in theatres April 13. Watch for the full-length release "Killer Karma" later this year. Titles include "Scream/Faster", "I Ride the Beat" & "Headcleaner" . Produced by SpeedGirl. Played by SpeedGirl. Powered by SpeedGirl. Put your helmet on and get ready for the season's most exciting ride...
http://www.speedgirlonline.com